Mysterious Stranger Floats Abroad With Manicurist
A stylish New York visitor calling himself A W Carmichael wowed Atlanta with lavish spending in March. He paid for a four room suite, bought 16 suits, tipped a barber, bought jewelry and a diamond, and rented a car while courting Miss Louise Whittimore a local manicurist. They left for Tampa then Havana and planned a Europe trip, with Carmichael described as blonde, 29, from Buenos Aires.
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Atlanta
New York
Europe
Croesus
A. W. Carmichael
Buenos Aires
Carmichael
Louis Whittinmiere
Hhe
Charles Belleiste
Police Chief Arrested as Escaped Murderer in Danville
Edgar Stribling formerly R. E. Morris and chief of police in Danville was arrested as an escaped murderer from Atlanta prison. Convicted of murder in 1897 and sentenced to life, he escaped during a motion for a new trial. Secret Service Agent J. W. Smith and Deputy City Sergeant W. W. Boisseau made the arrest after a sensational exposure. Stribling had lived in Danville six years under cover, with no prior suspicion of his past.
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Danville
Edgar Stribling
R. E. Morris
Atlanta, Ga
Secret Service
J. W.W. Smith
W. W. Boisseau
Stribling
Nashville bartender shot dead by iceman
Nashville March 3. H. P. Martin a bartender was shot and killed here at an early hour this morning by W. P. Davis an ice company employee. Trouble over Davis wife is said to have been the cause. Davis immediately surrendered.
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Nashville
H. P. Martin
W. P. Davis
Ice Company
Davis
Clerk to be congressman marches to capitol
Asher C Hinds long time parliamentarian known as clerk at the speaker's table will resign to become a congressman from Maine at noon March 4 He served sixteen years with a salary rising from 2200 to 3600 plus 1000 for digest Crutchfield and Crisp named as potential successors. Toledo firm raters promise one hundred dollars per catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with sworn affidavits and testimonials.
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Asher C. Hinds
House
Congress
Maine
Hinds
Reed
N. T. Crutchfield
Indiana
Charles R. Crisp
Georgia
Crutchfield
Cire
Toledo
A. Lucas County
J. Chasity
I. J. Cheney & Co
Tolwilo
Hall
Igheney
AiRea Nany Poutie Hall
Hota
Joe Howard Confirmed as Greeneville Postmaster
A private telegram from this city states that the senate confirmed J. W. Howard as postmaster at Greeneville, the name having been sent in last hare day afternoon. Ireland's apple production tops at about 60,000 barrels per year.
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Senate
J. W. Howard
Greeneville
Ireland
Boiler Blast Kills Three at Ontario Power Plant
A boiler exploded at the Ontario Power company plant in Niagra Falls Ontario this morning killing three men fatally wounding another and injuring six to ten others with varying severity.
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Niagra Falls
Ont
Ontario Power Company
Man who lowered the Fort Sumter flag recalled by Civil War veteran
Lieut. Col. H. W. Bammer, then artillery, aged over seventy, recalled lowering the American flag over Fort Sumter on April 13 1860 and recounts the siege from Fort Sumter to the surrender on the Isabella. He now resides in Los Angeles and remains vigorous, detailing the early hours of the bombardment, ammunition shortages, and the false claim that Major Anderson surrendered.
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Port Sumter
H. W. Bammer
Los Angeles
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter
Moultrie
Sumter
Major Anderson
Anderson
Lincoln
Beauregard
Johnson's Island
Ruffo
Virginia
Tronclad
Morris’ Island
Isabella
Gun Can Outpace Armor Says Rear Admiral Bacon
Rear Admiral Bacon of the British Navy asserts the long running duel between gun and armor in battleship design is presently decided in favor of the gun after more than fifty years of debate.
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Bacon
Ferrin
Deep Coal Mines Worldwide Reach Great Depths
The article notes no coal is mined in the country below 2,200 feet depth while English mines reach 3,500 feet and Belgian mines 4,000 feet deep. It mentions eight inch coal seams mined commercially abroad and veins under 14 inches thick rarely worked in this country.
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Belgium
Union Pacific Announces Colonist Express Train Service
The Union Pacific unveils colonist trains to run express from Omaha to San Francisco by the third day, with deluxe sleeping cars and low-cost meals. Manager Gerrit Fort says demand from land-seekers drives the plan, supported by $75 million for double tracking and service upgrades. Several western lines will connect routes from March 10 to April 11, including the Northwestern and Illinois Central.
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Union Pacific
Gerrit Fort
Omaha
San Francisco
City Delivery Expanded with New Free Service
Yesterday Postmaster Vines inaugurated the free delivery service to the Southwest Addition. In the business district four deliveries now run at 7.30, 10.30, 12.30, and 4 o'clock, matching train arrivals except No. 42 at 5.35. A later summer delivery may be added.
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Vines
You May Tele From Here Tombstone Card Mystery
A cryptic note is attached to a tombstone in an undertaker’s shop reading You may tele from here. The fragment suggests a puzzling clue possibly linked to a local mystery or advertisement in the Maries region.
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Maries den
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C. Williams
Ohmson City
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D. A. Vines
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W.C. Pierce
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Picatouts
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